Mumtaz Qadri

Mumtaz Qadri (1985-29 February 2016) was an Elite Police security guard in Pakistan who murdered Pakistani politician Salman Taseer for speaking in favor of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman accused of blasphemy against Islam.

Biography
Mumtaz Qadri was born in 1985 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He joined the Punjab Police in 2002 and the Elite Police in 2007, joining the security squad of Governor of Punjab Salman Taseer in 2010. On 4 January 2011, Qadri shot Taseer dead after accusing him of supporting accused blasphemer Asia Bibi, and 300 lawyers offered to do his case for free, agreeing with his cause; in 2014, a mosque in Islamabad was named after him. On 29 February 2016, he was hanged in Rawalpindi for the murder, leading to protests against his death.